Photograph
by
the
Royal
Dutch
Air
Service
AIRPLANE VIEW OF AMSTERDAM: HOLLAND'S COMMERCIAL METROPOLIS
In the center of the picture, facing the open space (Leidsche Plein), is the municipal playhouse (StadsSchouwburg),
erected
in1890-94.
To
the
left, on a canal, is one of the city's finest hotels, much patronized by Americans. The large square building,
also
facing
the
Leidsche
Plein,
isone
of
Amsterdam's department stores.